N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary measures to promote tolerance, intercultural dialogue and respect for diversity
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote equal opportunities and enhance strategies against discrimination faced by immigrants and minority groups, both ethnic and religious
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Migrants
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
156.137
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Seek to investigate and apply appropriate sanctions for hate speech by politicians and the media, and take the necessary measures to promote tolerance, intercultural dialogue and respect for diversity, especially by journalists
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Freedom of the press
- Violent extremism and human rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance measures to promote tolerance, intercultural dialogue and respect for diversity
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
156.111
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take efficient measures to prevent and eliminate racism, religious intolerance and xenophobia in Sweden
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take all appropriate measures to promote tolerance, intercultural dialogue and respect for diversity
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate, prosecute and punish all hate crimes against visible minorities, including Muslims, Afro-Swedes, Roma and Jews
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee effective protection, in law and practice, of the rights of national and religious minorities, firstly Muslims, Jews as well as the Sami
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take necessary measures to promote tolerance, intercultural dialogue and respect for diversity
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- EEG (Eastern European Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to ensure full respect for human rights and further pursue the implementation of the national action plan in that direction, taking into account as a matter of priority the importance of respecting the freedoms of religion and belief
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Observer
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt special measures to promote equal opportunities, address structural discrimination and enhance strategies against inequality and discrimination faced by migrants, foreign-born citizens, indigenous peoples as well as minority groups, including Afro-Swedes and Muslims
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Indigenous peoples
- Migrants
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Pay more attention to the issues of Islamophobia, hatred towards Muslims, and incitement to hatred against Islam and Muslims, including through newspaper articles and caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed published by certain media under the pretext of freedom of expression, which are an affront to many Muslims throughout the world and an affront to their beliefs and are denounced by all international instruments to which Sweden is a party
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of religion and belief
- International instruments
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to promote respect of cultural, religious and linguistic diversity
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take necessary legislative, political and awareness-raising measures to fight effectively against hate speech and crimes committed on the grounds of religious hatred, in particular Islamophobia
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Human rights education and training
- Racial discrimination
156.110
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to eliminate racism and all forms of discrimination, especially on the basis of religion, and eliminate hate speech and xenophobia
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
- Violent extremism and human rights
156.184
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Extend the national action plan against racism and hate crimes to guarantee freedom of religion to all
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- National action plan
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Do everything in its power to continue to live up to its well-deserved reputation, particularly by working actively to combat xenophobic, racist, anti-Semitic and Islamophobic acts which are tending to increase in the country
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to prosecute cases of hate crimes, either on the basis of race or religious belief
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take effective legislative, administrative and judicial measures against the propagation of racial and religious hatred in the media and through the Internet
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Noting the Government's commitment to the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, continue ensuring that exercise of this right does not impact negatively on other fundamental rights, including the right to privacy and freedom of religion or belief, among others
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Privacy
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enact explicit laws criminalizing organizations and entities promoting or inciting racial or religious hatred, as well as publicly denounce such acts, when they occur, in line with recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
- Treaty bodies
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 8 - May 2010
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take concrete and stern actions to ensure equal treatment for all in society, in particular to remove de facto discrimination against and xenophobic attitudes towards migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and other ethnic-religious minorities
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Migrants
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps for eliminating religious and racial discrimination
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
156.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Combat xenophobia by criminalizing all racial and Islamophobic acts
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
- Violent extremism and human rights
156.143
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Effectively investigate and prosecute ethnically and religiously motivated hate crimes, including hate speech and physical attacks against Muslims and Jews, thoroughly implement the current legislation and update its national plan with clear targets
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- National action plan
- Racial discrimination
- Violent extremism and human rights
156.186
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 35 - January 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respect the right of parents guaranteed under international law to raise and educate their children in accordance with their moral and religious convictions
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance efforts to curb hate crimes against certain religious communities, ethnic groups and other minorities, including indigenous people
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Indigenous peoples
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps for eliminating religious and racial profiling faced by minorities including Muslims, Roma people and Afro-Swedes and prosecute perpetrators of xenophobic crimes
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Redouble its efforts in fostering national unity and harmony, including by intensifying dialogues promoting deeper understanding among societies of different ethnic and faith, addressing the negative portrayal in the media of members of the Muslim community and criminalizing hate speech and all forms of incitement to hatred and violence
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 21 - January 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Immediately ban anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim political discourse propagated by some political parties including Sweden Democrats
- Recommending State
- Recommending State - Regional Group
- Asia (Asian Group)
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Migrants
- Racial discrimination